GRE Word List
PHOENIX
a legendary bird which according to one account lived 500 years, burned itself to ashes on a pyre, and rose alive from the ashes to live another period
The meaning of the word phoenix is a legendary bird which according to one account lived 500 years, burned itself to ashes on a pyre, and rose alive from the ashes to live another period.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| champion | a winner of first prize or first place in competition |
| prim | to give a prim or demure expression to |
| surmise | a thought or idea based on scanty evidence : conjecture |
| hypnosis | a trancelike state that resembles sleep but is induced by a person whose suggestions are readily accepted by the subject |
| clemency | disposition to be merciful and especially to moderate the severity of punishment due |
| flaunt | to display or obtrude oneself to public notice |
| dotage | a state or period of senile decay marked by decline of mental poise and alertness |
| archetype | the original pattern or model of which all things of the same type are representations or copies : prototype |
| rehabilitate | to restore to a former capacity : reinstate |
| stint | a period of time spent at a particular activity |